April 21, 2005

Android Love

All I wanted to do was alert BoB readers to the
new robo-jockeys being used for camel races in Qatar... However, being
semi-obsessed about the inevitability of a devolved, post-apocalyptic future
made glossing over the subject of robots replacing humans nearly impossible.

First, the battle of humans vs. androids must be
accompanied by an appropriate soundtrack: check out this archive of a special
episode of Greasy Kid Stuff, Monkey Vs. Robot (Real Audio).

Next, read about the
latest in robot research here. Or, find out who won the first robot vs. human arm-wrestling
match.

Earlier this month, Station Manager Ken posted a somewhat
disturbing video of an interactive teen femme-bot. If that didn’t give you
goosebumps, robo-go-go dancers might be more your speed (right-click to download wmv). For more links to robot videos, click here or here.

Domo arigato, Ms. Roboto!
In 1977, my redneck-hippie parents played the Alan Parsons Project's "I Robot" for what seemed like the mathematical equivalent of infinity. At first, my brother an' I got whole hog into robots, drawing seemingly hundreds of them -- each with the little atom symbol for a brain. Then, I just kinda got tired of hearing that "doo-doo-di-tu-du-ti-doo, doo-doo-di-tu-du-ti-da ..." and the fad faded.

Re: "Monkey vs. Robot vs. Monkey vs. Robot vs...... "
I think the monkeys come out on top.
Tell you what, if they start making biobots out of cockroaches and dandelions, phew, then we'll have somethin' gnarly.